Floods Drive Murder of Young 400 Families
News from Alabama reports rivers surged after a cold front, flooding central regions and evacuating about 400 families near Chattanooga Tennessee while other areas faced rising waters. In Cleveland Ohio detectives probed the murder of Ruth Steels, a 26 year old bookkeeper, whose body was found shot and strangled after being kidnapped for a $200 bank theft.
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Wowan
Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Carolinas
Vesley
Alabama
Demopolis
Wiliam R. King
Eufatla
Union Springs
Eufaula
Clayton
No. # 19
Kiby
Tallapoosa
Cages
Lanett
West Point
Une
Chattahoochee
Allenta
Montgomery
Cleveland
Ohio
Clevaland
Ruth Steels
Cleveland Society For the Blind
Automobile Upset Hurts Mar and Others Near Dothan
Wate Seaborn a Dothan youth suffered back injuries when his car overturned on the Montgomery highway near Dothan last night. His father and another passenger were slightly injured, four others escaped unharmed. the vehicle, owned by Dr. G. W. Binkey, was badly damaged after being struck by a truck owned by M. Woods.
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Wate Seaborn
Dothan
Montgomery
Oie
G. W. Binkey
M. ©. Woods
Budapest government extends office hours for workers
AP reports in Budapest that the Hungarian government extends office hours for 800 government offices. Premier Goemboors decreed the working day to begin at 6:90 am and end at 2:00 pm, shortening the daytime for officials by one hour.
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Budapest
Ender
Goem‘ors
Melton Sought by Police After Coca Cola Plant Robbery Attempt
Police search for Gordon Melton former high school football star linked to an attempted robbery at the Coca Cola plant Thursday night. A wounded burglar was pepper sprayed, and Delton’s hat, held as evidence, is recovered. Byrd Morris and Green detained. bonds set at $500 each. preliminary hearing scheduled in Common Pleas Court Wednesday.
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Gordon Melton
Delton
Mr Tatum
Byrd Morris
Common Pleas Court
Tatum
Theory Missing Man Was Slain Exploded By Police Reports
Columbus dispatch reports that Henry R. S. McCain a 60 year old missing attorney and former North Carolina state senator was slain by robbers and later exploded. Police identified a photograph as the man who parked McCain's car in a Columbus garage on Christmas Eve. An anonymous letter dated December 22 claimed he was killed and buried in North Carolina.
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Columbus
Thenry
R. S McCain
Henderson
N.C
McCain
McCoin
North Carolina
Three Prisoners Escape From Geneva Jail
Geneva Alabama December 31 special three prisoners escaped from the county jail Christmas night by sawing bars in a window and lowering to the ground with blankets from the second floor. The fugitives were A A Chambers held for assault and battery Louis Brown burglary and Witt Hodge petty larceny. Hodge was captured with the others at large.
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Geneva
Ala
County Palace
Louix Brown
Witt Hodge
Hodge
No Holiday Monday For Dothan Council
City officials announced no city holiday Monday and said the first regular meeting of the year would be held in January. The council faces issues including funds to reopen city schools closed last week due to weather and fire threats. Three inmates died in a fire at the Mecosta County poor farm in Stanwood Michigan.
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Stanwood, Mich
Mecosta County
Year of Wiregrass stories tops Alabama front pages
Dothan and Houston County news dominated 1922 coverage with a Columbia school bus crash killing three and injuring 30, a fatal convict truck crash near Newton, seed loan trials and guilty pleas, and multiple tornado events at Cowarts shaping the year’s top front page items across Alabama newspapers. The Eagle diary notes indictments, trials, and local political changes through early 1923.
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Dothan
Albout
Alabama
The
Eagle
Columbia
Newton
Joan
Cowarts
J. Norton Mulins
Henry Witherington
E Haramond
Charlie C. Mearthur
Thomas Lea Hutchings
Houston County
U. S
Doris Meadows
Hiece
James Livingston
Wallace Bowen
Newville
H . Price, Jr
Geneva
A L. Whiteburet
Whit Lee
Eighteen Couples Obtain Marriage Licenses During Yale Week
Eighteen couples secured marriage licenses during Christmas week at the probate office in Geneva Als. Fourteen were white and four were Negro couples. Names include Payton Hall and Cleo Burkett of Kinston. J C Morgan and Minnie Dent. Horace Faulk and Froy Galloway. Menda Mina and Charlie Mendy. M Bowen and Ruby Lee Charplon. Wilmer Maruno and Mary Coleman. OL King and Wytee Fles. BOA Win Fate and Mery Ea Lipcomb. Comer J Evel and Mattie Lee Howell. Julius Edison Moody and Lucie HeDuMie. H L Messer and Pearle Murdock. Tele tome Lee Watson and Ams Lee Cowen. Charles Bowdoin Beltrood and Stipe Horn. Fred E Culpenper and Abbie Lee Bradtsy.
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Geneva
Als
Payton Hall
Cleo Burkett
Kinston
Morgan
Minnie Dent
Horace Faulk
Froy
Galloway
Hartford
Meare Phil- Mina
Charlie Mendy
Semson
M. Bowen
Ruby Lee Charplon
Wilmer Mar ‘Uno
Mary Coleman
H OL. King
Wy' Tee Fles
Boa Winfate
Rove
Mery Ea
Lipcomb
J Evel
Mattie Lee Howell
Julius Edison Moody
Lucie HeDuMie
H L Messer
Pearle Murdock
Samana
Rovie Two
Tele Tome Lee Watson
Niceville
Fin
Ams
Lee Cowen
Charles Bowdoin Beltrood
Stipe Horn Daleville
Route Oce
Fred EB. Culpenper
Jeckeoneille
Fla
Abbie Lee Bradtsy
Gerord
Converted Italian to Lead Meetings at AME Church
The Rev Harry Bernabey known as the converted Marian will conduct a week of meetings at the AME church starting tonight. His subject is The Bible in the Home. Bernabey, originally from Newark New Jersey and formerly from Jacksonville Florida, will speak to local congregants during the series.
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Harry § Bernabey
AME
Bernabey
Newark
Jacksonville
Fis
Ministerial Union to Convene Monday Meeting
New officers will lead the regular meeting of the Ministerial Union Monday at 11 4 m at the Foster Street Church. The Rev Clement Witcer serves as secretary and the Rev Bitter is named the new president of the union.
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Dr*ton
Fowter Street
Meroe
Clement Witcer
Bitter
Provident
Union
Hog Prices Fall in Chicago Trade Amid Opening Year Activity
In Chicago, hog prices eased as lighter demand and market shifts hit the futures. Traders reported prices testing lower levels, with broad declines reflecting early-year adjustments and renewed selling pressure across hog futures and cash markets.
Blood in McCoin car found as missing lawyer case grows
Columbus dispatch reports blood stains on the personal belongings of missing North Carolina lawyer R McCoin. Thomas Scully, assistant chief of detectives, said lab tests by Dr. James Beer confirmed human blood on items scattered inside McCoin's automobile. The car was found in a Columbus garage after McCoin disappeared December 22. An anonymous letter had claimed he was murdered and buried near Hagers town, Md, but police say the body not yet found.
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Columbus
Ohi
R McCoin
North Carolina
Thomas Scully
Janes Beer
McCain
Beer
McCoin
North CarolingaMcal
Hagere Town
Car Hits Cotton Truck In Ashford Injures Three
Injured when a car crashed into a parked truck near Ashford last night. R D Wright and Reuben Pate, both of Ashford, were taken to Dothan hospital in stable condition. A Negro in the automobile suffered minor injuries but was not hospitalized. Wright runs a drug store in Ashford and Pate is the physician’s son.
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Here
R. D Wright
Reuben Pate
Ashford
Nino Wee
Wright
Pate
Phy Aiclen
Fire Chief J. E Zigiar Confined at Home
Fire Chief J. E Zigiar remains at his residence recovering from a recent illness. He was briefly confined to his home today as part of convalescence from a medical issue reported in Fuenea.
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J. E Zigiar
Fuenea
Negro Woman Completes Sentence Then Returns to Jail
Caroline White of Dothan, identified as a Negin woman, completed a six month term for violating the prohibition law. She was again jailed in Montgomery County on a charge of violating a nine month sentence imposed previously. Officers said she was found drunk at her home the day she was released from jail.
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Caroline White
Dothan
Montgomery County
Harst
U. B
Three Weeks Term Of Court In City
Judge C B Kennamer announced a three weeks term of federal court will start January 30, instead of January 24, with potential extension to four weeks. Criminal cases now pending will be summoned for trial, including liquor, bank failure, and other charges.
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Federal Cour
Am Dothan
C B Kennamer
oMels
South Africa Suffers Major Earthquake Damage
A severe quake rocked large parts of Natal and the Orange Free State with tremors felt across Tramavan and Johannesburg. Authorities report houses cracked and widespread damage as aftershocks followed a minutes long震動震动.
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Johannesburg
Union
South Africa
Natal
Orange Free Atute
Tramavan
This Section Will Watch 1932 Go Gladly
A reflective Wiregrass year end piece assesses 1932 as mixed but with bright spots and hopeful tone for 1933. It highlights personal comforts, mobile ownership, investments, and food security while noting upcoming federal aid road work and Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds to ease immediate concerns. The piece looks to springtime activity, employment, and renewed optimism in local life.
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Dothan- Alaga
County 9
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Brighter Hopes for Agriculture in Alabama New Year
Alabama agriculture ends the year with a brighter outlook as F W Gist notes a net farm population gain of about 6,000 to 8,000 as families move from industry to farming. Planting rises in food and feed crops while cotton yields drop. peanut acres increase due to easy cultivation and potential use as hog feed. Credit use tightens and farm income likely falls from last year amid lower prices and foreclosures.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
F. W Gint
Altogather
Gist
Attree
Gilat
Httle
Winler
Party Leaders and Roosevelt to Confer Monday
President elect Franklin D Roosevelt plans a Monday night conference in New York with Democratic leaders including Rainey Homnerat McDuffie of Alabama and lawmakers from Illinois South Carolina and Mississippi. The gathering aims to align on policy before Congress convenes and Roosevelt’s inauguration.
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Dal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Rainey
Tllinois
Homnerat
Albany
N. Y
Coggrese
New York City
Carner
Rotmann
Arkapaxa
Ratney
Burnet
South Carolina
Aarrierf
Mississippi
Byrne
House
McDuffie
Alabame
Soundera
Case Judiciary Committee
Neww York
Rooreve A
Terriy
Hyde Park
Herbert Laban
Southwest Coaches U. K. New Cage Rules
Southwest Conference coaches discuss new basketball rules introducing a 10 second backcourt count and other changes. Rice Institute coach Jimmy Kitts says opinions vary but teams will adapt as play proceeds. the article notes mixed reactions from various teams.
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Southwest
U. K
Dallas. Tex
Jimmy Kitts
Rice
Golf pro shoots 9th ace on course in first game
Thomas Lemcaf, professional golfer, tallies his ninth ace on the course where he began golfing. He achieved the feat with a 2% shot from the fairway using a four iron. He has aced holes in Sewanee and other sites including Burlington and Chattanooga, Tennessee, and twice in Mam Prach.
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Golf Pro
Salisburg Oc. AP
Thomas Lemcaf
Thomas Few
Sewanee
Nachilile Ang Chattarooga
Tenn
Burlington
Mam Prach
Increasing Interest Indicated In Dairies in Hale County
Hale county officials report rising interest in dairy farming as milk markets tighten and producers seek higher incomes. County Agent LL Lawcon notes more than 1900 entries and ventures in dairying, with increasing operating expenses prompting farmers to expand milk production and related ventures.
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Uieensboro
Ala
Hale County
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